Yami Gautam (born 28 November 1988) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. Gautam came to prominence after starring in a series of Fair & Lovely commercials. She later starred in television shows such as Chand Ke Paar Chalo (2008-2009) and Yeh Pyar Na Hoga Kam (2009-2010). Following this, she appeared in several South Indian films.
Gautam made her Hindi film debut in 2012 with the comedy Vicky Donor, which was a critical and commercial success. For her performance, she received praise as well as nomination for Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. She went on to star as a young wife in the crime film Badlapur (2015), and a blind woman in the thriller Kaabil (2017). In 2019, she starred as an intelligence officer in the war film Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019), one of the highest-grossing Indian films, and garnered critical acclaim for playing a TikTok star in the satire Bala (2019).